service dog | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:00:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 service dog | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Panel Discussion About Canine Companions For Independence https://talkinganimals.net/2018/02/panel-discussion-about-canine-companions-for-independence/ https://talkinganimals.net/2018/02/panel-discussion-about-canine-companions-for-independence/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:31:29 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=6729 For this edition of “Talking Animals,” I altered the show’s usual format to convene an in-studio panel discussion about Canine Companions For Independence (CCI), pegged to CCI’s then-upcoming third annual DogFest Walk ‘n’ Roll event, on March 3 at Al Lopez Park in Tampa, and featuring three CCI-affiliated humans, and their canine companions: Mary Taylor […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2018/02/panel-discussion-about-canine-companions-for-independence/feed/ 0 6729 Dr. Bonita Bergin, Pioneer in field of Service Dogs https://talkinganimals.net/2012/04/dr-bonita-bergin-pioneer-in-field-of-service-dogs/ https://talkinganimals.net/2012/04/dr-bonita-bergin-pioneer-in-field-of-service-dogs/#respond Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:00:17 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=519 Dr. Bonita Bergin–who in 1975 invented the concept of the service dog to assist people with mobility limitations, at which point she founded Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), the first non-profit organization to train and place service dogs–discusses where and how she got the inspiration for the service dog idea, including that, at this point, […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2012/04/dr-bonita-bergin-pioneer-in-field-of-service-dogs/feed/ 0 519 Page Ulrey, an attorney and pioneer in the use of courthouse dogs https://talkinganimals.net/2011/11/page-ulrey-an-attorney-and-pioneer-in-the-use-of-courthouse-dogs/ https://talkinganimals.net/2011/11/page-ulrey-an-attorney-and-pioneer-in-the-use-of-courthouse-dogs/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:00:20 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=712 Page Ulrey–a senior deputy prosecuting attorney in Seattle’s King County–discusses the genesis of courthouse dogs, which are used to make children and others more comfortable when testifying or being interviewed about sexual assaults or other emotionally upsetting crimes: Based on experience with her son’s service dog, a colleague thought service dogs could provide comfort to […]

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